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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Faithbaby Love <faithbaby4ulove@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: joybaby4ulove@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 07:03:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: hello my dear


Hallo mijn lieve
Hoe is het leven daar? Ik hoop goed. Mijn naam is Miss vreugde? Ik ben een heel mooi jong meisje op zoek naar thats mijn alles. Ik ben heel eerlijk dus pls eerlijk tegen me. Im een rustig meisje dat een nauwe relatie wil, wil ik u als mijn seriouse liefde. Alleen reageren op mij via mijn prive e-mailadres als u serious.i ben op zoek naar ware liefde, omdat ware liefde doet eind ware liefde doesnt hebben een happy end is er slechts een ding dat langer duurt dan de tijd, en dat is waar love.please e-mail sturen naar mijn e-mail box, zodat ik kan u mijn foto, zodat zal kunnen elk orther weet heel goed bedankt.
Met vriendelijke groeten in de liefde vreugde.

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Hello my dear
How is life over there?I hope fine. my name is Miss joy? I am a very nice young girl thats looking for my everything. I am very honest so pls be honest with me. Im a quiet girl that wants a close relationship, I want to have you as my seriouse love. Only respond to me through my private email adress      if you are serious.i am looking for true love  because true love doesnt end  true love doesnt have a happy ending there is only one thing that lasts longer than time, and that is true love.please send email to my email box so that i can send you my picture  so will can know each orther very well thanks.                      
Yours in love joy.






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